tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post194347460021696361..comments2024-03-25T05:22:40.086-04:00Comments on Widow’s Christian Place: Now What Do I Do?Ferree Bowman Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739485535852107104noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-63101823547048031192015-11-04T21:13:25.892-05:002015-11-04T21:13:25.892-05:00Thank you each for sharing your insights. They'...Thank you each for sharing your insights. They're invaluable to clarify the mysteries of faith as they touch our various paths. Honesty and faithfulness are sometimes uncomfortable walking partners, but the Lord will use them to lead us and give us that hope to which Ashleigh referred.Ferree Bowman Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739485535852107104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-61734414015802863862015-11-04T19:04:00.360-05:002015-11-04T19:04:00.360-05:00Thank you for this. This week marks 3 months and I...Thank you for this. This week marks 3 months and I'm trying so hard to maintain trust in what seems like a vast space called the future. My favorite bible verse has always been Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.<br />I'm now trying to understand what does that future look like now when plans we had for our future now become plans for my future.Ashleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253477676453772418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-20353131142497676852015-11-04T19:02:49.169-05:002015-11-04T19:02:49.169-05:00Thank you for this. This week marks 3 months and I...Thank you for this. This week marks 3 months and I'm trying so hard to maintain trust in what seems like a vast space called the future. My favorite bible verse has always been Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.<br />I'm now trying to understand what does that future look like now when plans we had for our future now become plans for my future.Ashleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253477676453772418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-42963758829219727292015-10-26T23:56:27.112-04:002015-10-26T23:56:27.112-04:00I am now almost at month 5 since my husband passed...I am now almost at month 5 since my husband passed. I have learned to trust God again by purposefully paying attention and making notes of His faithfulness in all of the everyday blessings that He shows as His love letters to me. It's not easy when everyone else gets to go back to normal life and we are never going to have our old normal again. But He is our strength, our Rock, our vital necessity. When all else crumbles around us, He can be trusted to redeem, restore, renew, refresh, rebuild, and most of all love each one of us exactly where we are at.Tiffanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-51084938360277597782015-10-26T18:45:06.673-04:002015-10-26T18:45:06.673-04:00Michele I have found that trusting people can lead...Michele I have found that trusting people can lead to heartache. Trusting God is sometimes difficult for me however. I like the acronym too and plan to reference it myself! Bless you!His Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941389591773753681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-10946832265254654152015-10-26T18:43:25.602-04:002015-10-26T18:43:25.602-04:00Dear Anonymous - I believe that trust is one of th...Dear Anonymous - I believe that trust is one of the hardest things that widows are called to do. I understand your struggle with this issue. Sounds like you are working on strengthening your relationship with Him - continue in those steps and He will take care of the rest. Bless you dear one. Linda LintHis Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941389591773753681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-5123220374933811412015-10-26T09:38:31.539-04:002015-10-26T09:38:31.539-04:00It's been 7 1/2 years since my widowhood adven...It's been 7 1/2 years since my widowhood adventure began and 6 1/2 years since career instability adventures started. Through it all, it has been easier to trust God than to trust people. God is perfect and never fails. Thank you for the Trust acronym, I am putting it on my wall where I will see it everyday. Michele'sJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855919145786605453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-8244388566167326442015-10-26T09:37:10.973-04:002015-10-26T09:37:10.973-04:00TRUST-------The very thing I am still struggling a...TRUST-------The very thing I am still struggling as I come up on the 6th anniversary. Thoughts about trust go round and round in my head. These last years without my husband have been spent rebuilding my relationship with God. I have no problem trusting Him for my salvation. The problem is being able to trust that His plan for my life is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com